Dial M For Murder

 Dial M For Murder is a clever little movie. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the movie is set in motion when we see Margot (Grace Kelly) and Mark (Robert Cummings) in a living room, talking about old times. We find out that they were once upon a time lovers, and Margot has married another man while Mark was away. The husband is Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) who is a old, has been, tennis player. It is unknown to Margot and Mark that Tony is fully aware of his wife's love affair, and is planning on killing her in order to gain her money and be rid of her.

Tony blackmails a old college acquaintance into killing Margot while he and Mark are conveniently at a party, away from the scene of the crime. He has every detail planned on how it is to be done, overlooking nothing. What Tony was not planning on, was Margot killing the intruder instead of it being the other way around! When Tony finds this out, he must quickly come up with a new plan before his secret is found out.

This movie is not Hitchcock's best film, in my opinion, but it still is a good watch due to the clever ending. I became intrigued watching this movie because I was waiting for the husband to make a mistake. Lie after lie he wasn't caught and I was amazing at how well things seemed to be turning out for him. Dial M For Murder was produced in 1954, and it won three awards.

Always,
Avery

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